Upcycling!

I had this nasty-ass looking jewelry display stand - it was kind of a brownish metal color, and none of my jewelry looked great on it. My mom picked it up for me at a store closing many moons ago and now I'm grateful for it!

I spray painted it silver one day (Sorry to the husband about spray painting the front yard silver!) after I realized that it was a PERFECT fit for my appetizer picks.

I snapped a quick picture - I just threw on the picks haphazardly.

Craft Show Disappointment

So, I had a great idea. There was the huge Memorial Day Craft show across the street from my house, so I set up my booth in my yard - I was going to make so much money!

Turns out, I was wrong. Here's what I did wrong:

1. I decided at the last minute. I didn't have time to do any advertising for my off-site booth.

2. The entrance was at the opposite end of the field - the end far away from my house.

3. People parked down my street, but many didn't stop - they were either waiting to get into the show before they started buying, or they were coming back and they were sick of shopping.

4. It was just me. I was my lone little crafter. It would be sweet if I could get some more people next year since I have a pretty big yard.

Things that I was excited about:

1. A lady in charge of another show stopped and wanted me to go to her show later this summer because of my appetizer picks.

2. I got to hang out with my mom and grandma and little sister.

3. I got some sun.

4. I did sell some stuff...and I had no booth fee to worry about.

5. Some of my students stopped by, so we got to visit outside of school.

Primitive Earth

Time to pimp someone's shop!

I chose Primitive Earth Soap Co. to feature. The shop is filled with GREAT sounding soaps, and, as a consumer of them myself, I can boast about how great they smell and work.

How good does this Mocha Java Exfoliating Soap look? Good enough to eat, in my opinion!


And who knew that drinking tea could make you feel naughty? Try this Hedonist at Heart red ginger tea:


And last but not least, this special shaving soap would make a great, unique gift - for yourself or someone else! :)


Find this great crafter on http://primitiveearth.etsy.com OR http://primitivesoaps.com

Lazy Weekend

I spent the entire weekend (aside from a ball-bustin hour raking the backyard) beading and organizing my craft room.

Well, the organization didn't really clean up my cluttered room, but I did get some pictures taken for my destash site. (http://rozsgaragesale.etsy.com)

I got some awesome labels from http://www.vistaprint.com for my appetizer picks, which would have been perfect if I proofread them correctly...so...instead of http://rozzytoz.etsy.com, I included a www. in front of the name. Still gets you to the right place, but it bugs me because it's not "correct".



I also made a crapton of appetizer picks - I just haven't listed them all yet - here's a sneak preview, though.









I even got my tests corrected that I needed to! I counted down the days earlier today, and I've only got 18 school days (plus, I'll miss 1.5 for state track) left until summer...and summer means tons of crafting time!

Fiddling with Earrings

I've been on an earring making bender for the past couple weeks.

I wore a pair similar to this the other day, and a student thought that I was wearing teeth (for real) I snorted at him.



I'm hoping to crank out some more appetizer picks today, but I'm having to much fun playing on the computer after a long week of coaching and teaching. By the way, my boys' team is still undefeated for the season (even when we left our "studs" behind so they could get some more training in). I'm trying to teach my jumpers the penultimate step, but they're thinking too hard about it - it's wearing me out watching them try.

Cutest Picks Evah!

So, I got a crapton of new beads from firemountaingems.com the other day and it didn't take me long to delve into them.



I just had to use these cute little corn on the cob glass beads to make some darling appetizer picks...wouldn't they be great for a small summer BBQ?



Anyway, I've been busy adding things to my etsy site this weekend (http://rozzytoz.etsy.com). Since it's track season, I haven't had much time to work on beading, but this weekend gave me a ton of time (to procrastinate grading papers) to bead.

:D

It feels real now.

I got confirmation that my brother has made it overseas. I know that it's scary for me, but I can't believe how scary it must be for him....he's just a kid...22 years old, and he's willing to put his life on the line for others. Can't say that I'd readily take his place.

Thank you to all of the brave service men and women out there!

Too Busy :(

Track season is well upon us...which means that beading times are few and far between. I got a ton of new beads in the mail, which means that I'm itching to do some creating. I had three track meets this week, and the weekend couldnt come soon enough. Stay posted for what I create this weekend!

In non-beading news....we decided to save our "studs" (on the track team) during one of the several meets this week. Without our top point scorers, our boys STILL won the meet!